• more about #michelleslatalla
    sybann: What say we send her the unloved Catherine? more »
    Red-headed bookworm: I lived at home through college because I had a good school with the major I wanted a 15 minute drive away. I moved out after college when I got a job... more »
    Bob Wiley: Imagine if someone wrote a column about having issues with food, eating too much or too little, and someone responded, "There are people who don't hav... more »
    stealthird: Which is, of course, a deeply unfair line of logic: Slatalla's emotions are valid, as are those of everyone who's experienced the same thing. I'm of t... more »
    dirtybee: "Mourning their loss in the home is rank luxury!" Fine, but consider other audiences - the single mother seeing her only child go to college so that s... more »
    gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy: I have actually threatened to move with my son to wherever he goes to college. Yep, I have. I won't do it, obviously, but I can't even think about him... more »
    Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: My parents came from one of those third world countries with real problems(sarcasm), India, and though they went to college locally, my grandparents w... more »
    Shamrockette: I really disliked her column. Not because she was being selfish for wanting her daughter back, but for claiming that people of my generation have much... more »
    steampoweredboy: I was an only child of a widowed parent. I learned to be independent from a very early age. So college was just the next step. My mom told me "Call as... more »
    Gretchen now has TWO kittens: Recently I've had the unusual experience of having our 21 year old daughter move home rather than rent an off-campus room this semester. She attends ... more »
    Ratinski: I dunno. My mother cried EVERY SINGLE YEAR when they dropped me off for college. She cried when we dropped my brother off. I'd already been dropped... more »
    dreamweave: So, what? We're supposed to harsh on people who are able to send their kids to college? I just didn't find this offensive. She wasn't whining about ho... more »
    Jack_Burton: I went off to school and my Mom took in a suicidal convicted felon with ADHD. He was using my tools and pellet gun, and my Dad's car to break into car... more »
    ItchykooParker: Well, you may not care too much about this, but that, I may presume, is because you are not going through it right now. You may change your tune when ... more »
    the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene: The article bored me, but I'll admit it brought back memories of when I left for college. I was a terrible mess when I realized that my parents were *... more »
    mommy_dearest: Hmm. Yes, there are worse things in the world than a child going off to college, and sure, it has little to do with you, as you have not experienced t... more »
    wesrubix: I love reading articles on Jezebel that give me that strong sense of satisfaction from knowing someone else shares my irritation with meaningless woes... more »
    Scarlett3: leaving home to farther your education is, without a doubt, an immense privilege. however, i hate all the "spoiled brat" bashing this article does. My... more »
    CrankyOldBroad: I have been raising my kids to empty-nest me and be contributing members of the world at large all their lives. What I never, ever counted on was feel... more »
    Jello Mix: I admit the piece was lackluster, but that's kind of what I expect from the NYTimes these days. And I think the piece was less about college and more ... more »
  • #navelgazing

    Your Daughter's Left For College? Cry Me A River

    This column's title pretty much says it all: "My Universe Loses a Star". The Drama (or lack thereof) of the empty nester leaves us thinking, rather ungenerously, "And we should care because...?" More »
  • #style

    Raiding Mom's Closet Is A Time-Honored Tradition